Overview

The Council Working Group on the use of the six official languages of the Union (CWG-LANG) was established by Resolution 1238 adopted by the 2005 session of the Council.

Terms of Reference

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The terms of reference of CWG-LANG are to oversee the implementation of Resolution 154 (Rev. Busan, 2014) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on the use of the six languages of the Union on an equal footing.

Meetings and documents

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CWG-LANG Report to Council-15

The report by the Chairman of CWG-LANG to Council-15 is contained in Document C15/12.

Fourth CWG-LANG meeting, 26 January 2015

The fourth formal meeting of CWG-LANG, convened by Letter DM-14/1023, was held at ITU headquarters in Geneva on Monday, 26 January 2015.

In line with Resolution 1238, an informal discussion among councilors “representative of and reflecting the six official … languages” was held in Geneva, on 12 July 2012, during the 2012 session of the Council.

The report by the Chairman of CWG-LANG to Council-08 is contained in Document C08/47.

The report by the Chairman of CWG-LANG to Council-07 is contained in Document C07/47.

The report by the Chairman of CWG-LANG to Council-06 is contained in Document C06/28.

The SG’s report to Council-06 on the implementation of Resolution 1238 is contained in Document C06/19.

Other relevant documents (2005 – 2008)

Documents CWG-LANG/1 to 15, studied by correspondence and in informal meetings of “Member States … representative of and reflecting the six official … languages of the Union” (Res. 1238), can be accessed here.